Oregon and Washington BS thread

not even sure what the diff (ha) is between master and mini?

 

Master kit has all new everything (bearings included), mini kit is like crush sleeves and shims only

 

Also might have the wrong pricing in my head for the full install/parts? What is a”normal” quote? Thanks!

 

hey all. trying to make a quick bracket for an awning project. Basically, need to take a piece of steel that i have... about 10" x 1.5", and have it bent into a 90 degree angle, then some holes drilled in in.

It's pretty beefy stock... so too hard to bend with my little vise setup.

Live in Redmond WA area... hoping to get done quickly. Any thoughts?

 

Why not just save yourself time and hassle and buy some brackets for $40?

$32 Awning Bracket Replaces 813402 50mm Wide 8mm Pre-drilled Holes Awning Bracket with Gusset - Pair

https://www.amazon.com/Awning-Brack...efix=arb+awning+brackets,aps,143&sr=8-2-spons

 

LOL... actually thought of that, and lord knows I pretty much keep Amazon in business.

Issue is that this is a Yakima Slimshady awning that doesn't have a standard size mount. And i'm also mounting on a custom piece to my rack.

EDIT... being the idiot that I am... I was looking at the thing wrong side up. That might actually work if they had distance between the holes!

 

Fair enough....I was going to make my brackets as well but then I got lazy and free time isn't as available as it was in years past so I just bought some.

 

You could cut the stock into the two lengths you need for each leg of the bracket and weld them instead of bending them.

 

LOL. then i'd need a welder .

 

Anyone know what's involved in removing and properly reinstalling these bolts?

I've got an appointment in a couple weeks to have this issue and more worked on, but it's really driving me absolutely nuts and I'd like to fix asap if it's easy enough.

 

You'll need to pull the shackle out of the hanger and re-install/re-orientate that bolt.

Who did the install?

 

you could also cut that bolt back about a quarter inch if you’re feeling lazy. But yeah it’s in backwards and the right way to do it is to drop the shackle and put the bolt in the other way

 

I'd try jacking the rear end up from the frame first. The shackle moves forward as the suspension is unloaded so you might be able to get it to swing forward enough to get the bolt back in without undoing the lower bolt on the hanger.

Can probably get it out with just a box wrench on the nut and backing out the bolt but might still need to remove the lower bolt to get the upper one in right. (obviously all of this is with the truck and axle supported on jack stands)

If that doesn't get you enough space you'll have to remove the bolt attaching it to the hanger first. What probably happened was the shop installed the shackle on the leaf spring before installing it on the hanger. That would explain why the bolt on the hanger is in the correct orientation while the one on the leaf spring is backwards.

Either way it isn't rocket surgery, just undoing a bolt and flipping it around. Might need to undo an extra bolt to get it out.

I made the same mistake one time doing some rear end work. I immediately noticed it and it took all of 10 min to fix.

 

I think he said (in another thread) that the shop was Landcruiser NW in Portland

 

Drop the spare tire, disconnect the lower shock connection at the axle on that side of the truck. Jack up the truck and put a jackstand under the frame. Remove both shackle bolts and lower the jack so that side of the axle starts to droop. To get the bolt back in the correct way you will have to lower the axle quite a bit, make sure you don't go too far as you may run into the limit that the brake cables and abs wiring will allow.

 

oof..i couldn't imagine paying a shop to do the work and have that be the result, then needing to wait a couple weeks to remedy it.
That noise/grinding from the bolt against the frame should have been obvious when they drove it from the shop to the parking lot.

 

Cool cool. My main concern was that the spring had tension or something that would make this more complicated or dangerous.

Yep. So poorly done it almost feels malicious. They also charged 50% over their quote without any warning when I picked it up.

 

Good call on disconnecting the shock to let it droop out more if needed.

That's a fair concern. Leaf springs aren't like coil springs though. There isn't any tension in them if they're unloaded (at least when we're talking about an assembled leaf pack and not disassembling a pack into individual leaves but you don't need to do that for this job).

I read about this in your build thread but that super sucks that you paid for them to half ass it like that.

 

Geeze, to have that issue on a simple job and be overcharged without warning. I'll be sure to never go there. I think I maybe contacted them once to install sliders and the quote was ridiculous.

 

The vinyl roll he ordered came in yesterday. Looks a little odd on a roll but we will see once its on the truck.